Ethereal: Paintings by Agnes CollisOn display from May 4- May31, 2019Come meet Agnes at a reception on Saturday, May 11 from 6pm-8pm

Agnes Collis, a Wellfleet artist, presents Ethereal.

Please join with us to enjoy her tranquil coastal land and seascapes.

‘Ethereal’, no better word describes the serenity one receives while viewing Agnes Collis’ works in her latest show...Capturing the soothing views of her beloved Cape Cod, the paintings bring you to that location with intense reality but with that added touch of natural fantasy. Agnes captures the simple beauty of life on Cape Cod with her minimalist compositions. She depicts the changing energy of the ocean and the brilliant colors and reflected light of the Cape. The Wellfleet Library creates an environment for appreciation of fine art to the community.

Her lifelong love of the coast and the ocean that began in her childhood in the Highlands, New Jersey continued with decades of visiting Cape Cod, culminating in 2000 when she became a resident of Wellfleet.

Agnes has emerged as a landscape painter with a subtle, open aesthetic. Currently she has two studios, one in New Jersey where she looks out over her tomato, vegetable and herb gardens, and the second in Wellfleet facing the peace and promise of the Atlantic Ocean and the rolling, ever changing dunes of the coastal highlands.

*************************************************The Library art gallery, housed in our meeting room, is open during regular library hours- but is not accessible during programs and meetings. Please call our circulation desk during open hours (508-349-0310) if you are planning a visit, to be sure you will be able to see the show.**********************************************

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Body Language:Poems and Prints byDon & Victoria Herzberg

WOMAN LOUNGING

What you see is glitter, gloss,gold veneer masking the fine butbarely etched lines of my body. You seewhat you want to see. Perhapsyou haven’t noticed the slight partingof my lips is not a smile, the curveof my back not quite the sameas the cushioned curve of the chaise I lean on.I am perfectly still yet you imagine mein motion, moving beside you.But I tell you I am notsome copper-clad beauty waitingfor you to lift me into your life,I am no goddess you have chanced upon.I am a woman lounging, clothes cast off,hair tight in a lovely bun dappled with red,elbows and knees bent for comfort, eyesfixed on what you cannot see, chinset and solid, telling you to stay away,don’t touch, mine is a posethat will not change.